ECHOING UTOPIAN ETHICAL CIVILIZATION: AN
EXPLORATION TO THE CONCEPT OF IDEAL HUMANITY
IN TOLSTOY’S THE KREUTZER SONATA
A Final Project
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements
for the Degree of Sarjana Sastra in English
by
Mayla Choesna FP
2250407047
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF LANGUAGES AND ARTS
SEMARANG STATE UNIVERSITY
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ABSTRACT
FP, MAYLA CHOESNA. 2012. Echoing Utopian Ethical Civilization: An Exploration to the Concept of Ideal Humanity in Tolstoy’s The
Kreutzer Sonata. Final Project. English Department. Faculty of
Languages and Arts, Semarang State University. First advisor: Drs. Amir Sisbiyanto, M. Hum. Second advisor: Rini S. Wulandari, S. S., M. Hum.
Moral is an entity compulsory in constructing an ethical society. Russia, particularly in the period of nineteenth century, epitomized a country that pursuing morals to attain an ethical society. This study analyzes Russia in nineteenth century in pursuing a moral society through the idea contained in Tolstoy’s work The Kreutzer Sonata. This study is aimed at exploring concept of ideal humanity as echoed through the tale of the novella and has the following objectives: to comprehend the concept of ideal humanity, to give the explanation of what an ethical civilization is, and to find out the qualities of an ethical civilization found in the novel.
I employ Leo Tolsoy’s The Kreutzer Sonata as the object of this study. This study is a descriptive qualitative study using new historicism approach. The data of this study were in the forms of words, phrases, sentences, and dialogues gained by reading the novel thoroughly, identifying, inventorying, classifying, selecting, and reporting. The analysis is done by several techniques including exposing, explaining and interpreting.
